New York chef creates decadent confection filled with champagne jam and
finished with gold leaf

It is a ring and it is covered in bling. But as the jam filling and icing suggest, this is for eating not wearing.

A New York restaurant has developed the ultimate in decadent doughnuts, all filled with champagne jam and finished with gold leaf – selling for $100 (£70) apiece or $1000 for a dozen (for bargain hunters).

It was dreamt up by Bjorn DelaCruz, head chef of the Manila Social Club, in Brooklyn.

He was inspired to create the Golden Cristal Ube Doughnut after teaming up with a local brewery to make a beer-flavoured icing, which was then dusted with gold.

“The reason I chose Cristal over another type of champagne is because Cristal has really great honey notes which goes great with ube,” he told First We Feast website, referring to the Filipino purple yam that he uses in the doughnut.

“For me, it’s shiny and it’s golden, but it comes together to create a really great doughnut, as crazy as that sounds.”

The sweet dough is filled with an ube mousse and champagne jam, and then covered with 24k Gold.

The Manila Social Club presents their infamous gold-ube doughnut Photo: Instagram/Manila Social Club

He insisted the doughtnut was more than a gimmick.

“To me, I think this tastes really amazing. It’s not just about the shock value, it’s a combination of it all,” he said.

For the price, they are baked to order and delivered by the chef himself.

And they are all something of a bargain compared with a special Krispy Kreme confection, gilded white chocolate lotus and stuffed with Dom Pérignon champagne jelly – and valued at $1000.